Swamy takes on Subramanian again,terms continuance ‘tolerance’

New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) BJP MP Subramanian Swamy todaylaunched a fresh attack on Chief Economic Advisor ArvindSubramanian, terming his continuance in job as "tolerance". "Arvind S called Namo a mediocre leader, efficient inriots & asked US to grill India in WTO for drug cos mktaccess, is CEA! Tolerance!!," Swamy tweeted. However, the appointment of Kenya-born Urjit Patel’sappointment as new RBI Governor getting support of Swamysurprised many as the vocal BJP MP had targetted outgoing RBIGovernor Raghuram Rajan saying the former IMF economist was"mentally not fully Indian" and was holding US Green Card. After Rajan announced that he will not opt for a secondterm, Swamy had in late June trained his guns on ArvindSubramanian and demanded his sacking for allegedly takinganti-India stance when he was an IMF economist at Washingtonprior to joining the Finance Ministry. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had debunked Swamy’s callfor sacking Subramanian saying "Government has full confidencein CEA. His advice to government from time to time has been ofgreat value". Seemingly unrepentant Swamy had then tweeted: "If anIndian, held patriotic, can advise a foreign nation where heworks, to twist India’s arm, is to be forgiven, then I suspendmy demand." Subramanian was appointed CEA by the BJP government inOctober 2014 after his predecessor Rajan moved to the RBI asGovernor in September 2013. Swamy had been attacking Rajan over his inflation-centricmonetary policy and accused him of being "mentally not fullyIndian" as he was in the country on a US Green card. The government yesterday elevated RBI deputy governorUrjit Patel as the 24th Governor of the Reserve Bank. He willsucceed Rajan who demits office on September 4. When one of the twitterati sought to target Swamy in atweet saying: "Double standards of @Swamy39, who attacked#RaghuramRajan for being a GreenCard holder though Indiancitizen and another for #UrjitPatel", Swamy replied: "If youcan’t tell the difference then you are in the Buddhu class". Yesterday, in a string of retweets and replies to hisTwitter followers, Swamy said it would be utter "idiotic" tothink he would attack Patel because he was born in Kenya. When one of his Twitter followers criticised Patel forbeing a Kenyan national, Swamy replied: "He is not Kenyancitizen but was. R3 was born Indian & chose to continue his USGreen Card even though in India from 2007." PTI JD SBTMKJ